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Mimosa aculeaticarpa
Also called Mimosa
Mimosa aculeaticarpa is a species of woody shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as the catclaw mimosa or the wait-a-minute bush, and is endemic to upland regions of Mexico and the Southwestern United States, particularly Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
This species grows in upland areas of central and southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, western and central Texas and northern Mexico.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimosa aculeaticarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
